| traffic mode | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | bicycle | 118,044 | 322,595 | 1,063,155 | 2,058,197 | 1,970,932 | 1,838,437 | 7,371,360 |
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | pedestrian | 321,198 | 910,552 | 3,814,669 | 7,936,812 | 10,500,832 | 8,768,130 | 32,252,193 |
| traffic mode | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | bicycle | 48 | 44 | 64 | 102 | 96 | 93 |
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | pedestrian | 221 | 183 | 300 | 516 | 685 | 569 |
| traffic mode | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | bicycle | 25 | 37 | 121 | 234 | 225 | 210 |
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | pedestrian | 68 | 104 | 435 | 904 | 1199 | 1001 |
| traffic mode | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | bicycle | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| National Monitoring Framework (CS) | pedestrian | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
Focusing on the NMF counters, at end Dec 2022 approximately 7.4M bikes and 32.3M pedestrians had been recorded going past all counters.
Average count per day dropped in 2018 for both types of counters before starting to rise again. Looking at counts overall, cycling peaked in May 2020, two months after the first COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, then continued to drop after plateauing over the summer. Despite further restrictions in 2021 cycling counts dropped overall, even with higher counts than seen over the summer months in 2020. Counts then started to drop after the highest peak to date, including also non-NMF counters, in Aug (2021) to the lowest counts recorded for 2021 in Dec, even with an increase in counters across the country.
Walking, overall, continued to rise in 2021. But even this started to decrease in April, and by June had dropped below the same month in 2020. However, both cycling and walking started to rise again in Jul 2021, both over the 2020 figures, but then started to fall again in Aug. Walking rose in Sep before starting to fall again in Oct, and as for cycling, to its lowest count in 2021 in Dec.
Both walking and cycling dropped in 2022, compared to 2021
The data now also includes council-managed counters, Sustrans counters on the Natioanal Cycle NETWORK (NCN) and along key points on trunk roads. Five counters along the John Muir Way, located around the west, central belt are also included in the data reported. It should be noted that the much larger number of counters in the two largest cities, Glasgow and the particularly dense network in Edinburgh, skew the data especially when looking at totals. We therefore compare data across location and time using predominantly average and/or median counts (across locations and/or counters).
| traffic mode | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh Council | bicycle | 10,264,625 | 10,932,455 | 12,153,109 | 11,402,390 | 4,460,806 | 49,213,385 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | bicycle | 46,603 | 90,008 | 189,999 | 131,065 | 99,166 | 556,841 |
| Glasgow City Council | bicycle | 3,032,075 | 3,803,975 | 2,448,636 | 4,168,976 | 7,021,531 | 20,475,193 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | bicycle |
|
47,529 | 37,142 | 48,728 | 59,665 | 193,064 |
| Stirling Council | bicycle |
|
639,243 | 743,521 | 1,002,337 | 907,553 | 3,292,654 |
| Sustrans | bicycle |
|
7,965 | 343,597 | 1,129,164 | 1,147,070 | 2,627,796 |
| John Muir Way | bicycle |
|
|
33,383 | 93,623 | 71,684 | 198,690 |
| Aberdeen City Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
66,068 | 503,189 | 569,257 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
50,200 | 298,490 | 348,690 |
| North Ayrshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
57,496 | 275,710 | 333,206 |
| Perth & Kinross Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
155,540 | 354,203 | 509,743 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
76,438 | 493,478 | 569,916 |
| The Highland Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
370,741 | 1,413,763 | 1,784,504 |
| North East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
29,535 | 29,535 |
| North West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
96,365 | 96,365 |
| South East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
148,892 | 148,892 |
| South West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
68,374 | 68,374 |
| traffic mode | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh Council | bicycle | 881 | 751 | 665 | 677 | 401 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | bicycle | 60 | 25 | 52 | 36 | 27 |
| Glasgow City Council | bicycle | 306 | 266 | 164 | 189 | 282 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | bicycle |
|
16 | 13 | 19 | 24 |
| Stirling Council | bicycle |
|
86 | 90 | 114 | 102 |
| Sustrans | bicycle |
|
22 | 112 | 156 | 109 |
| John Muir Way | bicycle |
|
|
48 | 51 | 40 |
| Aberdeen City Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
30 | 52 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
15 | 23 |
| North Ayrshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
20 | 26 |
| Perth & Kinross Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
22 | 24 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
21 | 32 |
| The Highland Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
145 | 143 |
| North East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
37 |
| North West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
44 |
| South East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
83 |
| South West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
77 |
| traffic mode | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh Council | bicycle | 1172 | 1251 | 1384 | 1302 | 509 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | bicycle | 7 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
| Glasgow City Council | bicycle | 346 | 454 | 279 | 479 | 802 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | bicycle |
|
5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Stirling Council | bicycle |
|
73 | 85 | 114 | 104 |
| Sustrans | bicycle |
|
1 | 39 | 129 | 131 |
| John Muir Way | bicycle |
|
|
10 | 11 | 8 |
| Aberdeen City Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
30 | 57 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
23 | 34 |
| North Ayrshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
26 | 31 |
| Perth & Kinross Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
43 | 47 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
35 | 56 |
| The Highland Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
168 | 161 |
| North East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
6 |
| North West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
31 |
| South East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
31 |
| South West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
14 |
| traffic mode | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Edinburgh Council | bicycle | 36.7 | 31.3 | 27.7 | 28.2 | 16.5 |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | bicycle | 2.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Glasgow City Council | bicycle | 12.8 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 11.6 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | bicycle |
|
0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Stirling Council | bicycle |
|
3.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Sustrans | bicycle |
|
0.9 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 4.6 |
| John Muir Way | bicycle |
|
|
2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Aberdeen City Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
1.2 | 2 |
| Aberdeenshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
0.6 | 1 |
| North Ayrshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
0.8 | 1.1 |
| Perth & Kinross Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
0.9 | 0.8 |
| South Lanarkshire Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
0.9 | 1.3 |
| The Highland Council | bicycle |
|
|
|
6 | 6 |
| North East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
1.5 |
| North West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
1.8 |
| South East Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
3.4 |
| South West Trunk Roads | bicycle |
|
|
|
|
3.2 |
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